juvie

Example Sentences

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Amber, who once aspired to study art history, has managed to earn a GED in juvie and, after moving to Florida, a four-year college degree in French.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Creed begins in 1998, when Adonis Creed is an adolescent in juvie with a natural talent for taking on kids twice his size.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

Seventeen years later, when she returns to the Hamptons as Emily, the same canine bounds up to her as if she never got sent to juvie!

From The Guardian • May 25, 2012

I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2012

They both sit back on the bed, and he tells her about visiting Quan in juvie, and the sequence of events that led him to Martel’s doorstep.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone